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Platform Ant support
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<h1>Platform Ant support</h1>
<p>Ant is a Java-based build tool that uses XML-based configuration files to
describe build tasks.&nbsp; The Eclipse platform allows you to run Ant buildfiles
from your plug-in and contribute new Ant <a href="../reference/extension-points/org_eclipse_ant_core_antTasks.html">tasks</a>, 
<a href="../reference/extension-points/org_eclipse_ant_core_antTypes.html">types</a> and
<a href="../reference/extension-points/org_eclipse_ant_core_antProperties.html">properties</a>
using extension points.&nbsp; The rest of this discussion assumes that you have a basic
understanding of Ant.</p>

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